Five jellyfish sting cases in two days at Pantai Bukit Kluang


JERTIH: The Terengganu Health Department recorded five cases of jellyfish stings involving four children aged four to 12 years and a man at Pantai Bukit Keluang on Friday and Saturday.

Its director, Datuk Dr. Kasemani Embong, said all victims, including a 33-year-old man who received treatment at the Emergency and Trauma Department of Besut Hospital, were stung by jellyfish believed to be of the Physalia Physalis species, also known as the "Portuguese Man of War".

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